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October 10th-11th, 2025
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The inaugural St. Louis Rare Book Fair will bring dozens of booksellers to the Missouri Athletic Club in the heart of St. Louis. Browse thousands of books, maps, prints and ephemera on a range of subjects. There will be items at a range of price points.
Friday, October 10th
4 pm – 8 pm: Preview Night: Enjoy wine and canapes while having first access to the books as well as a special performance by Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe. Tickets cost $50 and include entry to the fair on Saturday.
Saturday, October 11th
10 am – 6 pm: Book Fair: Entry to the fair will be $10, $8 for students and free for under 16s.
The Venue
The Missouri Athletic Club
We are delighted to bring a rare book fair back to St. Louis. The fair will be held at the prestigious Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis. The Missouri Athletic Club opened its doors on Sept. 13, 1903, in the Boatman's Bank Building at 4th Street and Washington Ave. in downtown St. Louis. Founder Charles Henry Genslinger had opened clubs in New Orleans and New York. Designed by William B. Ittner, the present-day Downtown Clubhouse opened on March 1, 1916, with a gala celebration attended by 5,000 people. The 10-story facility was grander than the original, and contains two restaurants, a ballroom, a barber shop, numerous private meeting rooms, a reading room, a billiard parlor, a rooftop deck, more than 75 guest rooms, and full-service athletic facilities.
Getting There
The Missouri Athletic Club
405 Washington Ave,
St. Louis, MO 63102
Nearest Parking:
- The Missouri Athletic Club has a dedicated garage
- 405-425 Washington Lot,4, Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63102 (adjacent to the club)
- 704 N Broadway Parking, 704N Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102
- 7th Street Garage, 410 N 7th St, St. Louis, MO 63101
- 500 N. Broadway Garage, 498 St Charles St, St. Louis, MO 63102
Exhibitors
Curtis Wright Maps
Curtis Wright Maps
Curtis Wright Maps
Dale Steffey Books
Curtis Wright Maps
Curtis Wright Maps
First Place Books
Curtis Wright Maps
Hirshfield Galleries
Kevin Kinley
P.O. Box 561
Walkersville, MD 21793
firstplacebooks@aol.com
(301) 845-1248
Hirshfield Galleries
Hirshfield Galleries
Hirshfield Galleries
PO Box 16871
Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A. 63105
Columbia Books
Hirshfield Galleries
Pensees Bookshop
Pensees Bookshop
Hirshfield Galleries
Pensees Bookshop
FEATURED SPEAKER: Kermit Roosevelt, 2 pm Saturday
Kermit Roosevelt III will discuss his great-great grandfather Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt III is the David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Roosevelt works in a diverse range of fields, focusing on constitutional law and conflict of laws. He has published scholarly books in both fields. Conflict of Laws (Foundation Press, 2010) offers an accessible analytical overview of conflicts. The Myth of Judicial Activism: Making Sense of Supreme Court Decisions (Yale, 2006) sets out standards by which citizens can determine whether the Supreme Court is abusing its authority to interpret the Constitution.
He has published articles in the Virginia Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, and the Columbia Law Review, among others. He is also the author of two novels, In the Shadow of the Law (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005) and Allegiance (Regan Arts, 2015). In 2014, he was selected by the American Law Institute as the Reporter for the Third Restatement of Conflict of Laws.
Tickets cost $20 and include entry to the fair.